New book challenges conventional wisdom on Chicago shootings

CHICAGO (WGN) — Dorchester Avenue runs through Chicago’s South Side for more than 50 blocks, but it’s the corner of South Dorchester Avenue and East 71st Street that serves as a case study in Chicago violence, according to Jens Ludwig, a behavioral economist at the University of Chicago.

“Right behind you is the neighborhood of Greater Grand Crossing,” Ludwig told WGN’s Mike Lowe during an interview at the corner. “Right behind me, on the other side of Dorchester is South Shore. Conventional wisdom says that both neighborhoods should have identical gun violence rates. The socioeconomic and racial makeup is basically identical.

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